Millwall vs Cardiff City preview

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 12.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Den (20146 seats)

The home advantage belongs to Millwall in this match against Cardiff City, but the guests will battle to the end. Here's the Tipsway match preview!

Insights:
  • Millwall have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Cardiff City have the fewest scored goals in the first half (7) in Championship

It's no vacation for neither Millwall nor Cardiff City as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Millwall form and stats

6 victories, 5 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Millwall have to build on here at The Den in the Championship.

Millwall haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 194 minutes ago. Afobe scored that one.

The fans are hoping that Millwall will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the game against Fulham (placed 1st). Attacking player Burke edged out all the other footballers in that fixture and received a match rating of 7.3 out of 10. Burke hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 21 successful passes (of 25 total).

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Preston North End that ended 0-0.

This is expected to be a close game, with Millwall perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Millwall as a small favourite), we find 16 games. Millwall has won two of these, drawn eight and lost six.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Championship game versus Queens Park Rangers in only three days. This game is also played here at The Den.

Millwall has scored 16 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. Millwall are not conceding a lot of goals here at The Den in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 12 from 14 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Cardiff City form and stats

The visitors are W5-D4-L6 on the road this term. That's in the Championship.

Cardiff City have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Alex Smithies. It's been 180 minutes since they last conceded in Championship.

The fans enjoyed Cardiff's previous fixture versus Peterborough United (placed 22nd), a 4-0 win played at home. Midfield player Doyle was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.94/10. Doyle hit the woodwork once, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Cardiff City in our archives, and the results are: seven wins for Cardiff City, four draws and three defeats.

After this away game Cardiff City return home for a Championship game against Coventry City. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Cardiff City have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 15 league away games 20 goals have been scored. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Cardiff have conceded 28 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Cardiff City - Millwall 3-1 was the product when these squads last played each other, some time ago this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - seven - two (Millwall wins - draws - Cardiff City wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

MillwallT. Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
7 goals
MillwallB. Afobe
B. Afobe
6 goals
MillwallJ. Wallace
J. Wallace
5 goals

Millwall missing players

Cardiff City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Millwall Cardiff City
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
29 14 3 Played P 6 15 29
9 6 2 Won W 2 5 9
10 5 1 Drew D 2 4 5
10 3 0 Lost L 2 6 15
29 16 5 Scored S 10 20 35
32 12 2 Conceded C 9 28 48
93% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
69% 71% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 87% 76%
34% 29% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 67% 59%
10% 7% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 33% 31%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 20% 14%
59% 57% 67% BTTS BTTS 67% 60% 52%
24% 29% 33% Clean Sheets C S 17% 13% 10%
24% 21% 0% Failed to Score F T 17% 27% 38%
 
4.9 6 6.7 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 3.8 4.1
4.9 4 3 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 5.3 4.8
2 1.8 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.3 2.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
11.7 12.7 16 Shots (avg) S ( 11.3 11.1 11.4
3.9 4.3 6.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 3.6 3.8
26% 27% 26% Goal Efficiency G E 45% 37% 32%
 
12.2 10.9 13 Shots against (avg) S A 10.8 11.8 11
3.4 2.5 2.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 3.9 3.8
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Cardiff City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Cardiff City have the fewest scored goals in the first half (7) in Championship
  • Cardiff City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Millwall have won significantly more corners at home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fulham 29 18 7 4 77 26 16 10 4 2 40 13 13 8 3 2 37 13 51 61
2 AFC Bournemouth 29 16 7 6 47 25 14 8 3 3 29 15 15 8 4 3 18 10 22 55
3 Blackburn Rovers 31 15 8 8 45 33 16 10 3 3 31 19 15 5 5 5 14 14 12 53
4 Queens Park Rangers 29 15 7 7 46 33 16 8 5 3 23 13 13 7 2 4 23 20 13 52
5 Huddersfield Town 31 13 10 8 40 34 15 8 4 3 22 16 16 5 6 5 18 18 6 49
6 Nottingham Forest 30 13 7 10 41 31 15 6 3 6 19 18 15 7 4 4 22 13 10 46
7 Middlesbrough 29 13 7 9 34 28 15 9 2 4 21 13 14 4 5 5 13 15 6 46
8 Luton Town 29 12 9 8 41 33 15 7 5 3 24 17 14 5 4 5 17 16 8 45
9 West Bromwich Albion 30 12 9 9 34 26 14 8 5 1 21 8 16 4 4 8 13 18 8 45
10 Sheffield United 28 13 6 9 39 33 12 6 2 4 19 11 16 7 4 5 20 22 6 45
11 Stoke City 29 12 6 11 36 30 15 7 3 5 22 16 14 5 3 6 14 14 6 42
12 Preston North End 31 10 12 9 34 35 15 5 8 2 20 17 16 5 4 7 14 18 -1 42
13 Coventry City 28 11 8 9 36 32 15 8 3 4 23 14 13 3 5 5 13 18 4 41
14 Blackpool 30 11 8 11 33 35 16 8 2 6 16 16 14 3 6 5 17 19 -2 41
15 Millwall 29 9 10 10 29 32 14 6 5 3 16 12 15 3 5 7 13 20 -3 37
16 Bristol City 31 10 7 14 41 55 16 6 5 5 20 20 15 4 2 9 21 35 -14 37
17 Swansea City 29 9 8 12 29 38 14 6 4 4 16 13 15 3 4 8 13 25 -9 35
18 Birmingham City 31 8 9 14 34 49 15 5 4 6 18 21 16 3 5 8 16 28 -15 33
19 Hull City 30 9 5 16 26 35 15 5 3 7 15 17 15 4 2 9 11 18 -9 32
20 Cardiff City 29 9 5 15 35 48 14 4 1 9 15 20 15 5 4 6 20 28 -13 32
21 Reading 29 8 4 17 34 57 15 4 4 7 21 31 14 4 0 10 13 26 -23 22
22 Peterborough United 28 5 5 18 23 59 13 4 4 5 15 17 15 1 1 13 8 42 -36 20
23 Derby County 30 9 12 9 31 31 15 7 6 2 21 14 15 2 6 7 10 17 0 18
24 Barnsley 29 2 8 19 18 45 14 2 4 8 8 17 15 0 4 11 10 28 -27 14

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fulham 29 18 7 4 77 26 16 10 4 2 40 13 13 8 3 2 37 13 51 61
2 AFC Bournemouth 29 16 7 6 47 25 14 8 3 3 29 15 15 8 4 3 18 10 22 55
3 Blackburn Rovers 31 15 8 8 45 33 16 10 3 3 31 19 15 5 5 5 14 14 12 53
4 Queens Park Rangers 29 15 7 7 46 33 16 8 5 3 23 13 13 7 2 4 23 20 13 52
5 Huddersfield Town 31 13 10 8 40 34 15 8 4 3 22 16 16 5 6 5 18 18 6 49
6 Nottingham Forest 30 13 7 10 41 31 15 6 3 6 19 18 15 7 4 4 22 13 10 46
7 Middlesbrough 29 13 7 9 34 28 15 9 2 4 21 13 14 4 5 5 13 15 6 46
8 Luton Town 29 12 9 8 41 33 15 7 5 3 24 17 14 5 4 5 17 16 8 45
9 West Bromwich Albion 30 12 9 9 34 26 14 8 5 1 21 8 16 4 4 8 13 18 8 45
10 Sheffield United 28 13 6 9 39 33 12 6 2 4 19 11 16 7 4 5 20 22 6 45
11 Stoke City 29 12 6 11 36 30 15 7 3 5 22 16 14 5 3 6 14 14 6 42
12 Preston North End 31 10 12 9 34 35 15 5 8 2 20 17 16 5 4 7 14 18 -1 42
13 Coventry City 28 11 8 9 36 32 15 8 3 4 23 14 13 3 5 5 13 18 4 41
14 Blackpool 30 11 8 11 33 35 16 8 2 6 16 16 14 3 6 5 17 19 -2 41
15 Millwall 29 9 10 10 29 32 14 6 5 3 16 12 15 3 5 7 13 20 -3 37
16 Bristol City 31 10 7 14 41 55 16 6 5 5 20 20 15 4 2 9 21 35 -14 37
17 Swansea City 29 9 8 12 29 38 14 6 4 4 16 13 15 3 4 8 13 25 -9 35
18 Birmingham City 31 8 9 14 34 49 15 5 4 6 18 21 16 3 5 8 16 28 -15 33
19 Hull City 30 9 5 16 26 35 15 5 3 7 15 17 15 4 2 9 11 18 -9 32
20 Cardiff City 29 9 5 15 35 48 14 4 1 9 15 20 15 5 4 6 20 28 -13 32
21 Reading 29 8 4 17 34 57 15 4 4 7 21 31 14 4 0 10 13 26 -23 22
22 Peterborough United 28 5 5 18 23 59 13 4 4 5 15 17 15 1 1 13 8 42 -36 20
23 Derby County 30 9 12 9 31 31 15 7 6 2 21 14 15 2 6 7 10 17 0 18
24 Barnsley 29 2 8 19 18 45 14 2 4 8 8 17 15 0 4 11 10 28 -27 14

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The English Football League Championship (usually shortened to the Championship) is the second highest division in the English football league system. 24 teams play 46 fixtures from August to May, meeting each other twice. The Championship is the wealthiest second-level division in the world.